Search for dissertations about: "mosquito repellents"
Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words mosquito repellents.
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1. Botanical Repellents and Pesticides Traditionally Used Against Haematophagous Invertebrates in Lao PDR
Abstract : Haematophagous parasites and disease vectors such as leeches, ticks, mites, lice, bed bugs, mosquitoes, and myiasis-causing fly larvae are common health problems in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). A main aim of my field work in Lao PDR in 2006-2010 was to document traditional knowledge among different ethnic groups about plants that people use to repel or to kill blood-feeding invertebrates. READ MORE
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2. Ecology and control of Anopheles mosquitoes and human malaria in Guinea Bissau, West Africa
Abstract : This thesis analyses the relationship between risk of exposure to infective Anophelesmosquitoes and different environmental factors, in particular house construction, presence ofdomestic animals and house location, in coastal Guinea Bissau, West Africa. The potentialeffect of permethrin-impregnated bed nets on mosquito abundance in bed rooms, and on thePlasmodium parasite prevalence in children was also analysed. READ MORE
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3. Evaluation of Swedish medicinal plants as a source of anti-inflammatory drugs and mosquito repellents
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